The global market in environmental goods and services is currently worth about £3 trillion. Global investment attracted by ‘green technologies’ for electrical power generation recently exceeded that for coal and natural gas. This area is being actively promoted in the UK and Scottish context for economic development.

Graduates build careers across all industrial sectors and within both public and private sectors dealing with environment, pollution control, waste management, regulation and enforcement in the emerging technologies to improve environmental performance. This includes process based operations as well as management, audit and impact assessment